Clarion 1979-04-20 Vol 54 No 19

Exiled Ugandan pastor, Kefa Sempangi, will host chapel services
on April 23rd and 24th.
ZEE pion
APR 2 0 1979
Escaped Ugandan tells story
by Mark Rentz
Kefa is coming to Bethel April
23, 24, but he isn't running—at
least not from General Idi Amin.
Kefa Sempangi and his family
narrowly escaped death at the
hands of Amin's chief assassins in
September, 1973.
In an article for "Sojourners"
(May 22, 1978), Kefa described
events of four years ago when five
men followed him after he preach-ed
an Easter morning sermon.
"They had come to kill me,"'he
said, "and wanted to know if I
had anything to say before I died.
I confessed, with trembling knees,
that I was already a dead man.
How, I wanted to know, could a
dead man in Christ be killed by
men dead in their sins?
"The men became silent," he
continued, "They asked for
prayer and left. All five were con-verted
to Christianity. Months
later, they helped my family and
me in our escape from Uganda."
Uganda is a small country in
East Africa with a population of
11 million. Winston Churchill
regarded Uganda as the "Pearl of
Africa."
Uganda is predominantly a
Christian nation, but Amin, a
Muslim, attempted to portray
Uganda as an Islamic state.
Under the dictatorship of
Amin, since his coming into
power in 1971..by an overthrow of
the elected government, more
than 300,000 Ugandans have been
killed. In 1972 Amin expelled
Uganda's 50,000 Asians, its mis-sionaries,
and its Israeli nationals.
With the recent Tanzanian at-tack
on the capital, Idi Amin has
reportedly fled to Libya. A new
government in Uganda, according
to the associated press, appears to
be on the horizon.
Kefa Sempangi was born in
1939 in a rural Ugandan village
where his father was a peasant
cotton grower.
He is an accomplished painter
and sculptor, graduating with an
A department store security
guard tells of Bethel shop-lifters.
M.A. from the Royal College of
Art in London. He received his
Doctrandese (all but dissertation)
in Art History from the Free
University of Amsterdam.
Graduating also from Westmin-ster
Theological Seminary, he
received a Master of Divinity
degree in Theology.
While teaching art history at
Makerere University, he founded
and pastored the 14,000 member
Redeemed Church, the only in-digenous,
evangelical church in
Uganda, and also began an or-phanage
home.
by Mike Messer
They were certain that the sus-pect
had stolen some goods from
the store. Linda, one of the securi-ty
officers, followed him as he
headed for the doors. Tom had
been alerted and was on his way.
The thief left the building. Lin-da
ordered him back. At that mo-ment
Tom had made his way to
the outside. When the suspect saw
Tom, the hold Linda had on the
suspect's arm was useless. Tom
could see he was going to run.
Even with a head start, Tom
caught up to the suspect with a
flying tackle and, in the process,
broke his finger. Finding $30
worth of goods on him, the securi-ty
officers called the police.
Stories like this are com-monplace
according to Tom, a
security guard at a local depart-ment
store who asked to be kept
anonymous.
The reactions people have when
caught vary. Some say, "Do you
want money?" while others
become physically sick and cannot
control their bodily functions.
More often than not people are
extremely embarrassed and humil-iated.
"I should never do this kind
of stuff," is the common cry.
Excuses do not differ much.
Young people generally say,
"Everybody does it," or ,"It
seems like it would be easy."
Older people "Don't know" or
say, "It looks so easy."
Tom knows differently. With the
security force the store has it is not
easy, because, as he put it, "We're
good."
Shoplifters range in age from 8
to 80. They come from all social
Having escaped from Uganda
he served as pastor-in-exile to
many Ugandan refugees in Kenya,
and now head the Fund for Ugan-da.
Kefa explained that while he
had been running from Amin's
men, he thought that every single
one of them were after him.
"Now I saw," says Kefa, "that
it was not me or the elders they
were after. They were after the
word of God. We were persecuted
for the hope that was in us."
brackets: "Some people come in
well dressed," said the guard.
"One fellow stole something
worth $10 and had $80 in his
wallet."
One time a preacher came in,
Vol. 54 No. 19
by Phoebe Morgan
Challenged by speakers like An-thony
Campolo, many students
discovered a new sense of social
responsibility as Christians this
year. Many are now experiencing
some frustrations in facing the im-mensity
of world problems and
the seemingly futile efforts of an
active few.
Most feel the need to voice their
questions and opinions concern-ing
world hunger, the poor, and
simple life-style.
Where do we even begin? How
can we make an impact on the
problems confronting us? And
what about things like the arts and
higher education? Where do they
fit in?
The Christian Discipleship Coa-stole
some film then ran out of the
store. He had his daughter with
him. Someone saw him run out of
the store with the little girl and
thought he was kidnapping her.
When he saw the police coming,
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
lition, an informal group of facul-ty
and students, is working
through these questions. The
group results from what Campolo
called "the initiative by a few to
keep the ball rolling."
"After discussing some of the
issues among ourselves," explain-ed
Don Postema, "a group of us
realized our need for mutual sup-port
and understanding if we were
to continue to grow as world
Christians. There are just too
many areas of importance for us
to approach alone."
Soon after, Postema, assistant
professor of philosophy, and his
wife, Joy, held an informal meet-ing
in their home, allowing those
interested to gather and express
questions and concerns. Three
weeks later, the group of 59 met
he ran back into the store, opened
his coat and threw the film all
over. He was caught and pro-secuted.
He wanted to settle out
of court so that he could keep his
cont. on page 3
April 20, 1979
again, spearheading life-style and
practical suggestions for simple
living.
The group emphasizes open-ness.
"We want to give individuals
the opportuniy to do their own
thing together," Postema said.
"Action needs organization or
else it quickly dwindles."
The Christian Discipleship Coa-lition
plans to develop smaller cell
groups to explore specific interests
such as the Nestle boycott, an al-ternative
to the all-school ban-quet,
current literature and films,
and an awareness of Bethel's
stock holdings.
The CDC meets again on April
22 and invites anyone to attend.
Check the Bethel Bulletin for time
and place.
on the inside...
Finlay feature, p. 5
Rausch in Israel, p. 4
new campus coordinators, p. 3
new theatre instructor, p. 6
Thieves apprehended, Bethelites blow reputation
Bethelites face social responsibility
Opinion
More positive thought,
building up needed
Former participant misses plunge
Dear editor,
News of a cancelled polar bear
swim takes quite a while to reach
Alton, Ill., but I couldn't bear
even at this late date to let it slip
by.
It was a cold January night in
1975 at a typical Sno-Daze corn-mittee
meeting discussing ice
Bethel and buildings have become synonymous lately. Every new ad-dition
whether it be dorms or offices marks the growth of the college.
However, as plans are being drawn up for even more additions next
year, we as a community should also make plans for building each other
up. Otherwise, Bethel will be "buildings," instead of "people."
The concept of building up one another (edification) is a recurrent
theme in the epistles. The idea stems from the analogy that we are mem-bers
of the body of Christ, working together to glorify God.
First of all, the task of building up one another requires practical love
— not the unrealistic, ephemeral "luv" but the self-denying, compas-sionate
love that comes only from God.
It requires a strong commitment and a creative vision, the ability to
see beyond finals week or graduation.
If we are to build up each other, we also need to be sensitive to each
other's needs. Patience, and humility are a must. There should be no
room for apathy or prejudice.
We should also refrain from making harsh and hasty judgments on
others. Not all criticisms are constructive or even necessary.
Since most of us are here for such a short time, we should make the
most of our times together. We are here to prepare for the future and to
strengthen each other for the battle with the "world."
In an academic and a basically Christian setting it is easy to become
cynical and hypercritical about each other. We can destroy the rare op-portunity
for close fellowship and support that this setting offers.
Therefore, as the apostle Paul said, "Let us then pursue what makes
for peace and for mutual upbuilding." (Rom. 14:19)
Though it is a very loosely united group, the new Christian
Discipleship Coalition represents an exciting attitude in the Bethel com-munity.
In response to a series of chapel speakers (Anthony Campolo, John
Perkins and others) and a realization of societal and world needs, this
group of students and faculty members is meeting to discuss how they
can take positive action.
We encourage more students and faculty members to join in finding
ways to actively demonstrate Christian values in a needy world.
Hopefully, in the next school year the CDC will continue in doing
more than just talk about our responsibilities.
Vol. 54 No. 19 April 20, 1979
The Clarion is published weekly by students of Bethel College. Letters to the editor should be
typed, signed and sent to PO 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
David Shelley, editor
Suzl Wells, news editor
Greg Smith, feature editor
Paul Olsen, copy editor
Thangi Chhangte, copy editor
Debbie Hunger, production editor
Phoebe Morgan, production editor
Joy Banta, editorial assistant
Patti Backlund, business manager
Steve Erickson, sports editor
Carol Madison, sports editor
Betty Logan, arts editor
Shelly Nielson, columnist
Rick Chapman columnist
Juan Ramos, cartoonist
Doug Bakst', ph ph
Dear editor,
I have just recently become
aware of the problem created by
improper use of infant formula in
the third world countries.
After attending a debate be-tween
a representative from the
Infant formula Action Coalition
(INFACT), I realized the serious-ness
of this problem.
As a Christian concerned about
the needs of those who are suffer-ing
from "bottle baby diseases"
—diarrhea, malnutrition and even
death—I would like to challenge
the Bethel community to become
Professing the simple truth:
missionary confronts Campolo-kid
by Shelly Nielsen hunger again. Take this, my little
sparrow. Catch it if you can.
"Hush! Hush, child. God loves "And we'll sing—a tune little
you! Wrap yourself in the warmth Sunday schoolers in a big place
of that knowledge and fall asleep. far, far from here sing with all the
Dream of sugar-coated kindness power in their sturdy lungs:
and plump salvation. Nothing to Jesus loves me,
fear: here is some redemption. This I know,
"Here. Clutch it in your thin, For the Bible tells me so...
brown fingers. Grasp it now, for We'll pretend we are in a brick
should you close those deep- church where Christians sing
socketed eyes, count to three and songs. Do you hear?
pop them open, I may be gone. I
"If you lived in a country that
may vanish with my shimmering, built churches, you could sing
airy banner tickling the air, them too. And when you looked
billowing transparently behind dark-eyed tired like this, you
me. could curl into a soft, wool-blend
"Take. Eat. This is broken for bundle and sleep smilingly on the
you. If you crave the fruits of the floor.
Spirit, you must take my gift. "Here—a Bible of your own;
Take it and you will never thirst or and you will read that Jesus loves
cream flavors when suddenly my
mind went bonkers and out of my
mouth came the idea of a midwin-ter
Lake Valentine plunge. Jeff
Larson seconded the idea and the
rest is history.
On Feb. 22, 1975, at 9:32 a.m.,
five of us braved the elements and
went for a swim.
So you can see why it was with a
tear in my eye that I read the polar
bear eulogy. As a soon-to-be den-tist,
I offer my professional opi-nion
that polar bear swimming is
safer than eating daily in the
Bethel cafeteria. And I challenge
any "legal source" to come up
with medically substantiated evi-dence
to the contrary.
Sincerely,
Dave Mortensen ('76)
you. This is all you need to know.
"Later we will talk about bap-tism
and predestination. These are
important. But they will keep until
you are strong enough to digest
them. You are still a suckling
babe, unready for the meat of the
Word. Take the milk.
"Take. Once you reach out
those spindly, angular arms for
this divine present—packaged for
you by mortal men—you will
never be concerned with the
worldly desires that trouble you
now.
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus...
And the things of the earth will
grow strangely dim.
"Reach, stretch, now. Before
it's too late."
'Bottle diseases' plague third world,
Discipleship is good students must protest via fast, boycott
better informed on this issue.
Please read the material that
will be coming out in the PO's and
next week's Clarion and then
seriously consider how to res-pond.
The Public Action Committee
will be holding a fast from noon
Tues., April 24 to noon on Wed.,
April 25 to raise support for the
Nestle's boycott. My hopes are
that individuals from our com-munity
will participate in the fast
and Nestle's boycott.
Sincerly,
Julia Wright
(Public Action Committee)
Page tw•
Larson, Schimdt propose singspirations, shabangs
by Tern Sue Hanson
Mary Beth Larson and Bob
Schmidt are the campus coordina-tors
for next year. Mary Beth said,
"I wanted to apply and I was
looking for someone to apply
with. Some kids recommended
Bob. I knew who he was, but I
didn't really know him."
Bob continued the story, "she
skated up to me one night at a
Bethel rollerskating activity and
asked me if I wanted to apply to
be a campus coordinator next
year. I said no."
But Mary Beth persuaded Bob
to apply. Bob commented, "I was
planning to transfer next year. But
the Lord just worked everything
out so smoothly, that I really feel
that this is his will."
Mary Beth and Bob spent be-tween
20 and 25 hours writing out
the application. Mary Beth ex-plained,
"The application asked
for motives, background, any
changes we would make in the set-up,
and it included all the activi-ties
we would plan if chosen."
Mary Beth and Bob were cho-sen.
Actually, they were the only
ones to complete the full ap-plication
process.
Mary Beth said, "There were
about four of us at first, but the
by Ronn Kreps
"I love it. It's super."
Nancy Dornfeld's comment was
typical last week as women talked
about their recent move into the
new Bodien dorm.
On Saturday, April 7, 169
women from Old Campus packed
up their worldly possessions and
completed the long awaited move
to new campus. After many de-lays,
the women finally moved in-to
the "promised land" about six
months later than originally plan-ned.
Marilyn Starr, director of hous-ing,
was pleased with the results of
the move. "The situation was
really touch-and-go before spring
break, and during break I was
really discouraged," confessed
Starr. But she has heard "only
good reports from the girls" who
moved, so she is happy that the
move was completed in spite of
the late date.
Starr explained that in early
February she and Mack Nettleton,
director of student affairs, held a
meeting with the Old Campus resi-dents.
At that meeting it was de-cided
that a majority vote would
determine the final decision re-garding
the move.
On Monday, March 26, a ballot
was distributed. Starr heard the
results Tuesday morning: 62-60 in
favor of moving. "Then we didn't
know exactly what to do," she ad-mitted.
They decided to have another
meeting that night, at which time
more people voted. The final
count was still close, but it was
agreed upon to abide by the deci-other
three teams dropped out,
one just a few days before the de-cision."
Mary Beth and Bob said the
campus coordinators should be re-sponsible
to serve the students.
"They must try to please the stu-dents
as much as possible, and at
the same time stimulate them to-ward
new interests," _Mary Beth
said.
"But, most important," she ad-ded,
"the campus coordinators
are responsible for representing
Biblical standards and the stand-ards
that Bethel has set up. This
means choosing activities which
are pleasing to the Lord."
What kind of activities can
Bethel community expect next
year? "After many hours of con-centrating,
brainstorming, and
praying, we have set up a tentative
schedule of events which include
at least one evening every weekend
throughout the year, along with a
few activities planned during the
week," Bob said.
"Such things as Homecoming,
Nik-Dag, rollerskating, Guthrie
performances, Sno Daze, Moods,
Spring Formal and all-School
Banquet are events that student-slook
forward to attending," he
added. "Therefore, we feel they
should be planned again;
sion made in February and let the
majority choose.
George Beyer, a Bethel student,
organized the people and trans-portation
needed, and by 8:30 Sat-urday
morning things were ready
to go. The actual move went
"very well" according to Bruce
Kunkel, director of student resi-dence.
"I was amazed at how in-volved
people got," Kunkel said.
"Cooperation was great."
Sophomore Lisa Swanson was
also very positive about the move.
When asked about the hassle of
packing, loading up, etc., she re-plied,
"It only took me a few
hours. The guys really helped us
out, and it was well worth it."
Nancy Dornfeld said, "Even
some girls who didn't want to
move are glad they did now that
it's over."
Larry Meegan, resident director
at Old Campus' Edgren, express-ed
an alternative opinion: "The
(female-to-male) odds were 10-1
here, now they are only 3-1," he
said somewhat dejectedly. In an
attempt at optimism, he added,
"It is quieter here now, though."
however, we have tried to come up
with new ideas for these events
that will add some variety and new
enthusiasm."
Some of the new ideas include a
singspiration every two or three
weeks on a Sunday evening, a PO
decorating contest around Christ-mas
time, a "Keep Christ in
Christmas" dessert including a
special speaker, a girl-ask-guy pic-
There has been a slight change
in plans for this year's Tom Saw-yer
Turn-About; but don't worry
—it's a change for the better! In-stead
of Friday night, we'll be
boarding the Josiah Snelling Ri-verboat
at 2 p.m., Sat., April 28.
Bring a picnic to Harriet Island
for lunch before the boat ride and
then we'll spend the afternoon
cruising down the Mississippi! It
Thieves, cont. from page 1
church. Tom said he was just
as shocked to hear about the time
they caught a nun shoplifting.
Tom most frequently appre-hends
people between 13 - and
21-years old. Many of these peo-ple
are college students from area
schools like Hamline, Macalester
nic indoors during Sno-Daze, and
a Shamrock Shabang—including
a "green" type of carnival.
Some possibilities for concerts
include such artists as Billy Pres-ton,
Phil Keaggy, Honeytree,
Chuck Girard, Love Song, Jere-miah
People, Barry McGuire plus
others.
"We plan to get started right
away on arranging concert artists
should be a really "fun" after-noon
listening to a live Dixie
band, sightseeing, and just enjoy-ing
the fresh air and sunshine out
on the river.
Girls - you can buy tickets for
only $8 per couple starting Mon.
April 23. We have a limited num-ber,
so get them right away!
Rumors have been spreading
that there is no all-school ban-quet.
Well, that's just what they
and Bethel.
The most commonly stolen
items are cosmetics, perfumes,
cassette tapes, radios and film.
The college-age bracket at times
seem to be worse than other
shoplifters in numbers found
stealing.
When asked if the number of
people caught shoplifting from
Bethel was less than other local
colleges, Tom said, "No, there are
probably more since it's closer."
closer."
Since September there have
been several Bethel students
caught shoplifting. Tom said
it is very disappointing for him to
pick up a Bethel student but a
"shoplifter is a shoplifter." For a
couple of months so many Bethel
students were being caught that it
and movies and then we will start
working on organizing the activi-ties
planned in chronological
order," Mary Beth said.
"Most important, we will keep
a positive attitude about our plans
and work our hardest to have the
activities carried out suc-cessfully!"
she added. "With the
Lord 's help and the prayer sup-port
of our friends, we know we
will have a successful year!"
are—RUMORS. The all-school
banquet has been changed,
however, to Friday, May 11 in-stead
of Saturday, May 12.
This was done so we could have
it at the Radisson South rather
than downtown Minneapolis. But
it is rescheduled, so no need for
alarm.
became a joke at the store that if
they "had a Bethel shirt on, watch
'em!"
Bethel students do not leave a
very good impression on store
employees. For example, one per-son
after being caught said to
everyone, "God will forgive me if
I pray to Him." Another person
after emptying his coat of stolen
goods said, "I'm not a rip-off,
I'm a Christian!"
"When people at work hear
that Bethel students are 'straight
as an arrow' they know it's not
true," added Tom. "These
students are at different levels of
Christian growth and some of
them are not Christians at all."
Most items stolen by college
students could be labeled as non-essentials
or pleasure items.
Glad welcome received
by new dorm women
BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH
720 13th Ave. S. 338-7653
Minneapolis, MN 55415
S. Bruce Fleming. Minister of Preaching
C.J. Sahlin, Minister of Pastoral Care
SERVICES
Sunday School, 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 A.M.
Evening Service, 6:00 P.M.
Bus Transportation provided
Watch for anaouncements on Bulletin Board
Spring dates rescheduled
Mary Beth Larson and Bob Schmidt will be next year's Campus Coordinators.
Coordination conversation
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David Rausch has several writing projects ahead of him after
visiting Israel during spring break.
Mullen studies European history,
reaps $4000, teaching assistantship
Hebrew Christians share with Rausch
by Betty Logan
Dr. David Rausch, assistant
professor of geography and his-tory,
has had a great interest in
evangelical-Jewish relations for
several years, and over spring
break he had a unique opportuni-ty
to further his study.
C. Douglas Young, the founder
of the Institute of Holy Land
Studies, invited Rausch to Israel
to help plan materials to be used
in a new organization called
Bridges for Peace. Bridges for
Peace will be a group "aiming at
Jewish-Christian relationships on
a grassroots level," said Rausch.
The plan Young sees for the
organization is for two people, a
Jew and a Christian, to get
together, and get to know one
another. Rausch will be writing
material to help facilitate this type
of interaction and understanding.
For several years, Rausch, who
has done extensive study on
Jewish-Christian relations during
the past century, has been writing
on fundamentalists and their rela-tionship
to the Jews. He has had
over 20 articles published in
by Richard Alvarez
Being accepted in SMP involves
more. time than one might think.
The Student Missionary Program,
which allows students to become
summer missionaries in order to
learn first-hand about missions,
first requires a potential SMPer to
undergo the application process.
This involves two steps; first, an
application must be filled out, and
second, the applicant must be in-terviewed.
After the interview, the com-mittee
evaluates each applicant
and accepts most into the pro-gram.
Then, based upon personal
interests and goals, the new
SMPer selects his place of service.
An SMP file lists places that have
expressed interest in having stu-dents
work at their mission for a
summer.
"We help the student select an
area for service, but the final deci-sions
rests with the individual,"
said Cindy Martin, president of
SMP. "We are open to other
areas (other than those in the SMP
file), but the new SMPer has the
responsibility of making the deci-sion.
Once the student is accepted in-to
an area of service, the SMPer
continues to make final prepara-tions
for their summer exper-iences.
This includes orientation
sessions, "culture shock" classes
(where students are exposed to,
and learn how to, cope with their
new environment), and personal
preparation (through prayer and
Bible study).
Once these stages are finished,
the SMPer is then ready to go out
on his mission.
Upon returning to Bethel the
page four
Jewish journals such as
"American Zionist" and "Jewish
Social Studies."
Some of his articles have
filtered to Israel, where Young
became familiar with Rausch and
his work. When planning his
Bridges for Peace organization,
Young felt Rausch could be a
helpful advisor due to his under-standing
of Jewish-Christian rela-tions.
Rausch was particularly happy
to cooperate with Young
because,in the book he is currently
writing on Jewish-evangelical rela-tions
from 1918 to the present,
Young is one of the leading
characters.
"Young is well respected in
both the Christian • and Jewish
communities," said Rausch.
"I believe that Christian-Jew
relationships have been strained
because Christians do not under-stand
how Jews feel," said
Rausch. "They don't understand
how the cross throughout history
has meant persecution to the
Jews."
One example Rausch cites is the
Crusaders, who wore crosses, and
following fall, all project members
work the following year in sup-porting
the project and partici-pating
in all activities planned for
that year (for example, sharing in
chapel, working with concerts and
other special events, and working
on four main committees: orienta-tion,
application-enlistment, pro-motion,
fundraising).
Cindy found that people need
to become more informed about
SMP finances.
"Each SMPer has to raise his
support for the summer," she
said. "SMP generally contributes
only 30 per cent of the student's
total financial needs during the
summer, and the additional sup-port
comes from what the student
can obtain on his own efforts.
"These other means of support
can be parents, church, friends,
and relatives, and it becomes,
therefore, a real experience for the
SMPer for they must feel the frus-tration
and finally resultant praise
to God when all the finances can
be accounted for. It is part of the
missionary experience," said Cin-dy.
To help with the financing of
would herd Jews into their syna-gogues
and then burn them alive
while singing hymns. It is this bar-rier
that both Rausch and Young
are trying to overcome.
One of the highlights of
Rausch's trip was being able to
meet with Hebrew Christians.
There are about a dozen of these
congregations in Israel.
One problem the Hebrew Chris-tians
are currently facing, and one
that Rausch is concerned about, is
the practice some Christians have
made of pretending to convert to
Judaism to gain citizenship in
Israel, and then proceeding with
mission activity.
The Jewish believers are upset
with the unethical quality of this
practice, and are afraid of what it
will do to their testimonies and
future legal attitudes to Christians
in Israel.
This practice has grown out of
the Israeli situation where no new
mission organizations are allowed
into Israel, but Jews are granted
immediate citizenship.
"A current example," said
Rausch, "is James M. Hutchens
and his family who converted to
the project, SMP sponsored a
concert by High Priest and the
Pharisees.
Another means of support
comes from the newly-formed
Associates program.
In the program, students can
contribute toward the finances of
SMPers. After a donation is made
the supporter will receive SMP
newsletters during the summer.
Bethel students have the oppor-tunity
in this way to become more
intimate with the workings of
SMP during the summer.
Of those who are going out this
summer, these SMPer's are plan-ning
the following places for
ministry: Ronn Kreps, Zaire,
Africa; Janice Clark, Bolivia;
Connie McCleary, Brazil; Keren
Allen, Alaska; Shari Goddard,
Japan; Lorie Vincent, Val Pasma
and Jenny Hoehl, all in Japan
with the singing group "Procla-mation";
Mark Rentz, Japan;
Ken Dahlgren, Brazil; Teresa
Rash, Cameroon, Africa; Cathy
Tucker, Voice of Calvary Mini-stries,
Jackson, MissisSippi; and
Carla Engel, Japan.
Judaism in order to evangelize in
Israel." These people justify their
actions by claiming they are be-coming
Jews to the Jews for the
Gospel's sake.
"When the Israeli government
cracks down on such 'illegitimate
missions,' the self-proclaimed
`martyrs for Christ's sake' obtain
more money and fame lecturing
on Israeli 'injustice,' " said
Rausch. One such case is already
at the Israeli Supreme Court.
The U of M has awarded Shir-ley
Mullen, residence director, a
$4,000 fellowship and a three-year
teaching assistantship. The funds
will go towards her doctoral stud-ies
in Western European history.
For the past two years Mullen
has been residence director.
She is also teaching two World
Civilization classes normally
taught by "Doc" Dalton and Bill
Carlson who are both on sabbati-cal
leave.
"This is my first year teaching
and I am learning many new
things," Shirley commented. She
added that she enjoys teaching
and that she would be interested in
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Burdened by this problem that
faces the Hebrew Christians,
Rausch has already written an ar-ticle
to evangelicals explaining the
situation, in hopes of discoura-ging
future activities of this sort.
Rausch will continue to write
material for the Bridges for Peace
organization and encourage evan-gelicals
to drop their stereotypes
of Jewish people and come to bet-ter
understand them. He will also
be writing a book on Young's
Christian Zionism
-t e—a ching in a Christian liberal arts
college after she completes her
studies.
As an undergraduate, Shirley
majored in history at Houghton
College, New York. She received
her M.A. from the University of
Toronto.
Though already fluent in
French, Shirley said she will have
to learn German. She will also
have to travel to Europe to com-plete
her research.
Shirley is originally from New
Brunswick, Canada where • her
father was a pastor. Her father
now teaches at Houghton.
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Finlays stress servanthood
by Kathy Sears
Many students only think of
Dr. Paul Finlay, the registrar, as
the one they must see about credit
and transcript problems.
However, there is much more to
the position and the man who
holds that position than most stu-dents
realize.
Before coming to Bethel in
1958, Dr. Finlay attended several
schools and was a flight instructor
in the Army Air Corps at Rakin
Field, Calif.
While pursuing his studies, he
met his wife-to-be, Faith. For two
years they worked in a private
boys' home in New Hampshire for
adolescents aged 9-15, which
Finlay said, was "a most en-joyable
experience." One of those
boys, Robert Frykholm, no_w has
a daughter at Bethel.
When he first came to Bethel,
Finlay taught Christian Education
and used his pilot's license to
whisk President Lundquist and
others to speaking engagements.
Although he has let his license
lapse, he would enjoy flying
again.
In 1962, he became the school's
first full-time registrar and direc-tor
of admissions. The student
body has tripled in size since then,
and he now holds only the regis-trar's
job, one which, he says, he
enjoys immensely.
Finlay views the complex task
of matching classes and rooms as
"an intriguing jigsaw puzzle."
But he particularly likes the per-sonal
contact with students.
Servanthood is an important
focus of the Finlays' life. "All of
our married life, we've tried to
think in terms of servanthood,
contributing to the well-being of
others," he said. "Meeting the
other's needs in marriage is what
it's all about."
"Someone recently asked my
wife and me," Finlay continued,
" 'if you could be any age, which
would you be?' We both said we'd
want to enjoy the age we are now,
for we enjoy life so much now.
When he spoke of retiring in a
couple of years, Finlay com
mented, "We're not dreading
retirement, we're looking forward
to it immensely. The past 10 to 12
years have been very exciting
because we have come to see that
everything we have belongs to the
Lord and should be used for Him
somehow."
Among the many plans and
possibilities in retirement is buying
a home in Rochester, Minn. They
would like a home with two or
three extra bedrooms to provide
free room and board to relatives
of Mayo Clinic patients. The
Finlays see this as a way they
could serve God and help others at
the same time.
by Thangi Chhangte
,I always seem to be trying to
find time for studying. So one
day, I decided to analyze the way
I spent my time. I made the
following observations.
2:00 -Done with classes
for the day. "I think
I deserve a break.
I'll get my books
from my locker and
check . my P.O."
2:15 -Head for the
library. "If I don't
see anyone who
wants to go to the
coffee shop, I sup-pose
I'll study. Here
comes someone I
know."
2:30 -Talking in the cof-fee
shop. "I have so
much work. I think
I'll take off pretty
soon."
3:00 -Still in the coffee
shop. "I think I'll
leave now."
3:30
Left coffee shop,
head for the library.
"I left my books
down by the coffee
shoo. 1 hop I find a
place to study."
4:00 -"I think I'll have
supper at 4:30, catch
the good food. This
is the most boring
book I've read for
yearzzzzzzzzz."
8:00 -Break time.
"Mmmm they have
my favorite ice-cream
tonight! I'll
have a dish of
maple-nut, forget
about the calories."
8:30 -return to library. "i
think I'll go home at
9:30."
9:30 -"I think I'll go
home at 11 instead.
The library is quieter
and emptier. Only
studious kids like me
are left."
4:30 -"Wow! I must have
slept. (I hope I
didn't snore). Time
for supper.
5:00 -"That wasn't a very
good meal - mashed
potatoes. cake and
coffee, and it cost
me 90 cents! I'll
check my P.O.
again. I really feel
like studying
tonight."
6:00 -Return to library.
"Haven't studied
much yet. I think I'll
take a break at
eight. I have so
much work. Will I
ever get everything
done?"
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Jeff Miller, former Bethel student, will join the Bethel faculty as
a full-time theatre arts instructor next fall.
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Stars of "The Three Sisters" rehearse for Doug Briggs'
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by Joy Nannette Banta quarter. directing one show in the fall, and of his ideas for the interim period.
teach Creative Dramatics for
Jeff Miller, a 1977 Bethel grad-uate,
has been accepted as a full-time
instructor in the theatre arts
department. Miller has been
teaching part-time at Bethel while
attending the University of Min-nesota,
where he will graduate
with his master's degree this
The bloodmobile will be back at
Bethel from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. next
Friday, April 27.
The Red Cross comes semi-annually
to Bethel and relies
heavily on the support that Bethel
gives, according to Carolyn
Olson, who is the co-chairman
(along with Sue Smith) of the
blood drive.
"We need at least 300 donors,"
said Olson. "We really encourage
people to give. The Red Cross
counts on us."
In the past, Bethel has been one
of the major contributors corn-pared
to other colleges in the Twin
Cities. Carolyn hopes to maintain
Miller had taught Beginning
Acting and Creative Dramatics
for Children during his part-time
work, as well as directing this
year's performance of "The Fan-tasticks"
and last year's
"Moods."
Next year he will be teaching
two Beginning Acting classes and
our good record.
"We need more people to sign
up," she said. "We're running a
little bit behind."
Students may sign up with their
RAs or down by the POs after
chapel every day next week. If
they cannot donate blood, they
may sign up to help work.
The other Bethel workers in the
blood drive include Lori Swanson
and Sue Pitman on donor recruit-_
ment; Carol Dischinger and
Lynne Schroeder are recruiting
workers, Steve Penner is in charge
of set-up and Janet Meyers is in
charge of medical workers.
children, Theatre History 1900 to
present, and direct another show
in the spring. He will also be
teaching a class during Interim but
what that will be remains unde-termined.
He would really like to work
with musical theatre. That is one
Bethel drama,
Three Sisters,
premiers soon
"The Three Sisters," directed
by Doug Briggs, will be presented
in the Bethel theatre next week,
April 26 through 28, and May 1
through 5 at 8 p.m.
Amy Osbron, Ginny Heuer and
Mary Wilson head the cast of 15
as the three provincial Russian
sisters who dream of a fulfilling,
joyous life while caught in mean-ingless
stagnation.
The production is directed by
Douglas Briggs, chairman of the
theatre arts department, with sets
and costumes by Richard Rees,
faculty designer.
Tickets are $2.00 and $2.50 and
may be reserved by calling
641-6247 weekday afternoons.
The box office is also open 1-4
p.m. for ticket reservation and
pick-up.
CHAPEL SCHEDULE
Monday, Kefa Sempangi,
Ugandan Pastor
Tuesday, Kefa Sempangi
Wednesday, Pastor Jim
Spickelmier
Thursday, Lynn Fauth
Friday, Music groups, A.0
lounge
"I'd like to have a musical theatre
workshop that would be open to
any person who would enjoy it. I
wouldn't want only theatre people
to be allowed into the class," said
Miller.
When asked how he felt about
the coming year he said, "I'm
really excited. The caliber of pro-duction
in the department is in-creasing
and the commitment
from students and faculty is really
good. It is fun to be a part of
something growing."
The one thing Miller would
really like to see begin to happen
next year is for theatre arts to
receive the kind of attention it de-serves
as an art form.
"The Bethel community has to
become'aware of what is happen-ing
in theatre arts. They need to
take notice of the quality Chris-tian
drama that is being produced
both here and elsewhere," said
Miller. "We really need the com-munity's
support, because the
department is growing," he add-ed.
Miller and his wife of eight
months are residing in Min-neapolis.
"Right behind
`Rudoloph's'—we get a lot of
visitors!" Miller said.
by Patti Backlund
Pastor Jim Spickelmier recently
spent ,two weeks, March 4 - 20, at
Adolph Hitler's former mountain
retreat in Berchtesgaden, in the
Bavarian Alps of Southern Ger-many.
The site is now an army
recreation area and religious re-treat
center.
Spickelmier was retreat master
for the annual spring retreat of
protestant U.S. Army chaplains
stationed in Europe.
One hundred chaplains attend-ed
each of the two week-long re-treats.
cluding response time, and eve-ning
worship services. He led a
series of lectures on adult develop-ment
and the Christian devotional
life.
He focused on various changes
in the adult life, sharing some of
the insights of developmental psy-chology.
Spickelmier stayed in the room
where the Prime Minister of Eng-land,
Neville Chamberlain, stayed
when he came to the famous "Ap-peasement
Conference," prior to
World War II.
"I came home rested and relax-
Spickelmier was responsible for ed," Pastor Spickelmier corn-a
series of morning lectures, in- mented.
page six
Twin Cities Events
Music
April 21
April 22
April 22
April 22
April 23
April 27
April 28
Theatre
"Sacred Service" (Avodath Hakodesh), St.
Paul Civic Symphony
"Africanisms in Jazz," Martin Luther King
Center
After Church Concert (Jerry Esno's
Original Country Gospel Blues Band,
Michael Monroe, Nancy Santiago,
Ephraim), Richfield High School
Auditorium
Minnesota Chorale and Chamber Chorale
(Brahms, Debussy, Haydn), House of Hope
Church
Montes and Nebuli (computer-assisted
jazz), Walker Church
Margi Adam, Claudia Schmidt, World
Theatre, St. Paul
Leo Brouwer (guitarist), Janet Wallace Fine
Arts Center
April 20 "That's How the Rent Gets Paid," Jeff
Weiss, Walker Art Center
April 20-22, 26-29 "To Kill a Mockingbird," Chimera
April 20-22, 27-29 "Another Part of the Forest," Theatre in
the Round
April 20-29 "Two for the Seesaw," Actors Theatre of
St. Paul
April 20-22, 26-29 "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," University
Theatre, Stoll Thurst Theatre, Rarig Center
April 20-22, 26-29 "Celebration," Minnesota Theatre Institute
of the Deaf, Walker Community Church
Jeff Wilson bears down in Bethel's spacious Bremer stadium.
Senate action
Controversial bills bombard senate
An active student senate passed
one bill Tuesday night and several
more were introduced, some of
them quite controversial.
"If the number and quality of
the bills introduced so far is any
indication of the competence of
the senate," said junior senator-at-
large Dennis Johnson, "we've
got a bright future."
Johnson authored the first bill
to go throughd the new senate
which authorized the purchase of
a Twin City map, at a cost of
$169. The new map replaces one
stolen from the corridor near the
skyway in the Fine Arts building.
To be discussed and voted upon
next Tuesday is a bill requiring
KABY to play records by Chris-tian
artists only, and another
which would open the new student
recreation room during chapel.
Less controversial legislation to
be voted upon next week includes
a bill to improve the student ID.
The card will include more student
information so local stores and
businesses can accept it as official
identification.
The senate will also consider
two recommendation-type bills.
One says the senate supports a
well-known Nestle boycott and
the other recommends an increase
in the support of a Christian ser-vice
organization. The Nestle bill
asks that the food service and ven-ding
machine operators cooperate
with the boycott of Nestle pro-ducts.
The Christian service bill asks
Dean Brushaber to increase full-time
staff to one, and to purchase
vehicles for transportation. The
author of the bill, Cheryl Thomas,
apparently feels that Bethel's
commitment to the area of Chris-tian
service to the community is
lacking.
In action last week, Phil
Thompson defeated Dennis
Johnson in the race for president
pro tem, 6-7 with one abstention.
Johnson, however, was not bitter,
saying, "Phil will do a great job."
The senate will meet on Tues-day
in the AC lounge at 6 p.m.
and the session will be open, as
usual.
by John van Anonymous
To say that it was cold outside
would be a greater understatement
than saying that axe-murders were
unpleasant at close quarters. Paul
was huddled in front of the T V ,
icicles beginning to form on his
nose.
The North Stars were taking a
horrendous shelacking, and I
could tell by the way he was eating
his pop can that he was perturbed.
I left the room before he got
violent.
I decided to take a thorough
look through the new dorm, until
the game was safely over. Walking
on carpet felt rather nice, especial-ly
after the naked floors of
Edgren. It was kind of a treat to
walk barefoot without sticking to
To the editor:
With the arrival of the warm
Spring weather in Minnesota,
comes the determination of many
Bethel students, especially
women, to shed themselves of the
pasty whiteness that has perme-ated
their epidermal layers during
the long months of Winter. In
layman's language this is known
as "getting a tan."
This pursuit is fine, and in some
cases even noble, but it poses a
serious threat to the health of the
male population of Bethel
Seminary.
This is due to the dangerous sit-uations
that occur when in our
haste to arrive at school, we must
also speed by the college lawns
This cross on the southwest
Luckman's three-dimensional
Easter.
the tiles.
Wandering downstairs, I en-countered
hoards of people mill-ing
around a small table cursing
under their breath and glaring
darkly at each other. Occasionally
two of them would come to blows,
while the rest of the group shuffl-ed
their cards around.
It seemed to be a group ex-perience
in creative hatred and
anguish. "Rook," they responded
when I asked them what it was.
It seemed like a good time to go
back to the room and see how
much damage Paul had done.
Apparently he had reached the
comatose' stage when you could
communicate to him as long as
you didn't say any of the key
words which would set him off.
while at the same time attempting
to observe what new extremes in
bathing attire are reached in pur-suit
of darker skin.
It is only by the grace of God
that one of us has not thus far run
off the road, or met a similarily
distracted commuter in a head-on
collision.
So please, Bethel women, we
implore you, for the sake of our
very lives, please try and get your
tans at night, when you won't be
so easily observed by your
brothers on the other side of the
hill.
With Respect,
John W. Mann, Chairman
Seminarians Concerned About
Driving Safety (SCADS)
lawn was created by Stuart
design class to commemorate
"Refereeing" or "goaltending"
were especially to be avoided. I
decided to stick to a neutral sub-ject.
Just then the door burst open.
In bound a skinny guy with glasses
and a wild expression on his face.
He was dressed in a clown outfit.
The clown whipped out a huge
black notebook, wrote feverishly,
and then bounded out of the door
again, all the while bellowing out,
"Reactions, research, role-playing,
and reasons! Truth for
the learned, but all in good
season!!!"
I stared at Paul, "Who in the
world was that?"
"Brad, your other roommate."
"But, but..."
"He's a psych major."
"Oh..."
"Last week he dressed up as
Carl Lundquist and ran around
the girl's townhouses yelling.
`Open dorms! It's Sunday in
Istanbul!' He likes to take down
reactions..."
"I see...well listen about my
piece for the Clarion. "
"Forget it. You just can't
write."
His words cut me to the quick. I
staggered to my desk overcome
with doubt. Could I write, or was
I just a hack? Maybe it would be
better to give up. Just throw in the
towel and take up basketweaving
or politics.
And then, out Qf the corner of
my eye I saw my Remington. It
looked at me reproachfully, and
wagged its ribbon. I put my
fingers to the keys slowly and then
with a revitalized surge I lashed in-to
my story.
Suzi would be so proud.
the Soapbox continued
Please Bethel lawn sun-soakers
don't cause sem brothers to crash
Bespectacled clown astounds friends
page seven
Attention Seniors:
Here's your chance to express those long held-back gripes,
thankfulnesses, praises or expressions in the Clarion. Our
final issue of the Clarion, May 11, will have a special sec-tion
reserved for seniors' parting shots. Get yours in to PO
2381 or to the Clarion office FA 425 by 6 p.m. Sunday,
May 6.
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Pitcher Vicki Wright, named defensive player in the first two
games of the season, also went two-for-two against Northwes-tern.
Royals topple NW, SPBC
by Carol Madison
The women's softball team is
undefeated after the first two
games of the season, beating Nor-thwestern
and St. Paul Bible Col-lege
in unspring-like weather.
After being down 5-1 in the top
of the fifth inning, Bethel scored
eight runs in the fifth to defeat
Northwestern 9-7. The Royals col-lected
eleven hits and made three
errors.
"The defense played well," said
Coach Karyl Frye. "Our goal is to
keep our errors down to two or
less per game, so I was pleased
with our first game."
Six people had perfect fielding
percentages, and winning pitcher
Vicki Wright was named defensive
player of the game. She had nine
assists and putouts without an er-ror
and worked herself out of two
tough innings with important de-fensive
plays.
Cindi Ramm was outstanding
offensive player of the game, go-ing
three-for-four with two
doubles and four RBI's. Vicki
Wright was two-for-two and Tam-my
Miller went two-for-four.
The Royals then defeated St.
Paul Bible 11-5 on six hits and
nine SPB errors. Bethel had only
one error.
Wright was again named out-standing
defensive player, pitch-ing
a one-hitter and striking out 12
batters. She had 17 putouts and
assists, while seven other team-members
played perfect defense.
Tammy Miller, named offen-sive
player, had three RBI's on a
sacrifice bunt and a double. Julie
Stake also had three RBI's.
"It was a tough game because
of the cold and windy day," said
Coach Frye. "They had a slow
pitcher, so I wasn't pleased with
our hitting. I would like our hit-ting
to be consistent, regardless of
the type of pitcher."
Lorri Brace showed hustle by
stealing three bases while playing
only four innings.
by Steve Erickson
Weak-hitting first baseman
Todd Johnson slammed a three
run homer, powering the Royal
batsmen to a 5-2 victory over St.
Mary's in their initial game of the
season.
The second-inning blast was all
Bethel needed to top the visiting
Redmen. Greg Thom and Tom
Weko started the inning with
singles and went to third on a
passed ball. Greg Smith then
walked. Mark Barton, the next
batter, sent a screaming line drive,
caught by the first baseman who
promptly doubled Smith off first.
Johnson, the ninth batter in the
lineup, worked the count to 2 and
2 and choked up ont he bat in
order to have more bat control.
He punched the next pitch to the,
opposite field and over the right
field fence.
St. Mary's scored single runs in
the middle innings. The other
Bethel runs were knocked in by
Paul Lindberg, who doubled in
"We are an extremely fast
-team," said Frye, "so I hope our
stolen bases will increase as we
work on our base running."
The Royals play Gustavus and
Concordia St. Paul tomorrow in
away games at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Their next home games are April
24 with Dr. Martin Luther and
Macalester Colleges at 2:30 p.m.
and 4:30 p.m.
the fifth, and Dan Fauth, who
tripled in the sixth.
Since it was a bitter-cold day,
the umpires wanted to postpone
the second game of the double-header
but were convinced by the
coaches to stay.
But with the score tied 0-0 after
the regulation seven innings, the
umps walked out. So Bethel
stands 1-0-1.
Little action occurred in the se-cond
game. Bethel's Weko had
held the Redmen to three hits
while the St. Mary's pitcher only
allowed two hits.
The Royal's play in the field
was especially good for the first
time out.
At present, Bethel is the only
undefeated team in the conference
but most squads have played quite
a few more games.
Tomorrow Augsburg hosts the
Royals in a doubleheader. The
first game starts at noon.
Bethel downs St. Mary's 5-2,
Johnson homers to seal win
Thinclads take first in home invitational
Greg Stipe's first place finishes in the pole vault, long jump, and
javelin catapulted the men's track team to top position in the
Bethel Invitational. Other teams competing were Bemidji State,
UMD, Northwestern, and Superior. Stipe's 15' 3 1/2" smashed
the Royal pole vault record and qualified him for nationals.
by Carol Madison
The women's track team started
the outdoor season by finishing
first in the Bethel Co-ed Invita-tional
and then placing third
behind St. Cloud and the Univer-sity
of Minnesota-Duluth at the
St. Cloud Invitational.
Bethel scored 87 points to take
first place over Stout 64.5,
Carlton 44.5, and St. Thomas 40
in the first host meet of the
season.
"I was pleased with the meet,"
said Coach Shirley Dawson,
"because Stout beat us earlier in
the indoor season."
Sara Baker set a school record
and qualified for the regionals in
the discus with a throw of 133 feet
31/4 inches. Denise Egge and Tain
Anderson also qualified in the
1500-meters with times of 4:57.85
and 5:10.6, respectively.
Egge also placed first in the 800
meters in 2:24.9.
Deb Sension won the javelin
with a record throw of 86'2", and
also place first in the high jump at
4'8". Lynn Severson took first in
the 100-meters in 13.20, and Sen-sion
finished third in 13.6. Tina
Anderson finished second int he
400-meter hurdles.
The 400-meter relay team plac-ed
first in a record time of 52.39.
Sara Baker also won the shop put,
and JoAnn Griffin and Sension
placed second and third behind
her.
Coach Dawson was satisfied
witht he results of the St. Cloud
meet in which Bethel placed third
out of five teams.
"It was by far the best we've
ever scored against UMD and St.
Cloud. We placed in almost every
event, so I thought we did well
after three days of vacation," she
said.
The 800-meter medley relay
team of Sherri Lindquist, Shelli
Rauma, JoAnn Griffin and Lynn
Severson took first in a record
time of 1:52.87 which qualified
them for regionals.
The 1600-meter relay of Lind-quist,
Egge, Anderson and Rauma
finished second in 4:21.2, there
Robert Meyer, dean of the
School of Theology at Fuller
Theological Seminary, will be at
Bethel on Thurs., April 26.
There will be a sign-up sheet in
the campus ministries office for
students interested in a conference
with Dr. Meyer.
best time of the season.
Egge finished first in the
800-and 1500-meters with times of
2:21.1 and 4:52.2. Brenda Harris,
recovering from a knee injury,
turned in her personal best to take
fourth in the 800. She also placed
fourth in the 1500.
Shelli Rauma's first-place finish
in the 400-meter was in a record
time of 1:01.22. Sara Baker also
set a record with her second place
shot put of 35'9", and placed se-cond
the discuss at 117'7.5".
Lynn Severson set records in
both the 100- and 200-meters,
finishing fourth and fifth, respec-tively.
Wendy Norberg placed
third int he 3000-meters, and Ellie
Abbott was second in 10,000.
The next meet is tomorrow at
Gustavus at 11 a.m.
Meyer is a graduate of Stanford
University and holds B.D. and
Th. D. degrees from Fuller.
He has also written several
books, which include "Jesus and
the Twelve," and "Birth Control
and the Christian."
Fuller Seminary dean here,
will hold student conferences
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Exiled Ugandan pastor, Kefa Sempangi, will host chapel services
on April 23rd and 24th.
ZEE pion
APR 2 0 1979
Escaped Ugandan tells story
by Mark Rentz
Kefa is coming to Bethel April
23, 24, but he isn't running—at
least not from General Idi Amin.
Kefa Sempangi and his family
narrowly escaped death at the
hands of Amin's chief assassins in
September, 1973.
In an article for "Sojourners"
(May 22, 1978), Kefa described
events of four years ago when five
men followed him after he preach-ed
an Easter morning sermon.
"They had come to kill me,"'he
said, "and wanted to know if I
had anything to say before I died.
I confessed, with trembling knees,
that I was already a dead man.
How, I wanted to know, could a
dead man in Christ be killed by
men dead in their sins?
"The men became silent," he
continued, "They asked for
prayer and left. All five were con-verted
to Christianity. Months
later, they helped my family and
me in our escape from Uganda."
Uganda is a small country in
East Africa with a population of
11 million. Winston Churchill
regarded Uganda as the "Pearl of
Africa."
Uganda is predominantly a
Christian nation, but Amin, a
Muslim, attempted to portray
Uganda as an Islamic state.
Under the dictatorship of
Amin, since his coming into
power in 1971..by an overthrow of
the elected government, more
than 300,000 Ugandans have been
killed. In 1972 Amin expelled
Uganda's 50,000 Asians, its mis-sionaries,
and its Israeli nationals.
With the recent Tanzanian at-tack
on the capital, Idi Amin has
reportedly fled to Libya. A new
government in Uganda, according
to the associated press, appears to
be on the horizon.
Kefa Sempangi was born in
1939 in a rural Ugandan village
where his father was a peasant
cotton grower.
He is an accomplished painter
and sculptor, graduating with an
A department store security
guard tells of Bethel shop-lifters.
M.A. from the Royal College of
Art in London. He received his
Doctrandese (all but dissertation)
in Art History from the Free
University of Amsterdam.
Graduating also from Westmin-ster
Theological Seminary, he
received a Master of Divinity
degree in Theology.
While teaching art history at
Makerere University, he founded
and pastored the 14,000 member
Redeemed Church, the only in-digenous,
evangelical church in
Uganda, and also began an or-phanage
home.
by Mike Messer
They were certain that the sus-pect
had stolen some goods from
the store. Linda, one of the securi-ty
officers, followed him as he
headed for the doors. Tom had
been alerted and was on his way.
The thief left the building. Lin-da
ordered him back. At that mo-ment
Tom had made his way to
the outside. When the suspect saw
Tom, the hold Linda had on the
suspect's arm was useless. Tom
could see he was going to run.
Even with a head start, Tom
caught up to the suspect with a
flying tackle and, in the process,
broke his finger. Finding $30
worth of goods on him, the securi-ty
officers called the police.
Stories like this are com-monplace
according to Tom, a
security guard at a local depart-ment
store who asked to be kept
anonymous.
The reactions people have when
caught vary. Some say, "Do you
want money?" while others
become physically sick and cannot
control their bodily functions.
More often than not people are
extremely embarrassed and humil-iated.
"I should never do this kind
of stuff," is the common cry.
Excuses do not differ much.
Young people generally say,
"Everybody does it," or ,"It
seems like it would be easy."
Older people "Don't know" or
say, "It looks so easy."
Tom knows differently. With the
security force the store has it is not
easy, because, as he put it, "We're
good."
Shoplifters range in age from 8
to 80. They come from all social
Having escaped from Uganda
he served as pastor-in-exile to
many Ugandan refugees in Kenya,
and now head the Fund for Ugan-da.
Kefa explained that while he
had been running from Amin's
men, he thought that every single
one of them were after him.
"Now I saw," says Kefa, "that
it was not me or the elders they
were after. They were after the
word of God. We were persecuted
for the hope that was in us."
brackets: "Some people come in
well dressed," said the guard.
"One fellow stole something
worth $10 and had $80 in his
wallet."
One time a preacher came in,
Vol. 54 No. 19
by Phoebe Morgan
Challenged by speakers like An-thony
Campolo, many students
discovered a new sense of social
responsibility as Christians this
year. Many are now experiencing
some frustrations in facing the im-mensity
of world problems and
the seemingly futile efforts of an
active few.
Most feel the need to voice their
questions and opinions concern-ing
world hunger, the poor, and
simple life-style.
Where do we even begin? How
can we make an impact on the
problems confronting us? And
what about things like the arts and
higher education? Where do they
fit in?
The Christian Discipleship Coa-stole
some film then ran out of the
store. He had his daughter with
him. Someone saw him run out of
the store with the little girl and
thought he was kidnapping her.
When he saw the police coming,
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
lition, an informal group of facul-ty
and students, is working
through these questions. The
group results from what Campolo
called "the initiative by a few to
keep the ball rolling."
"After discussing some of the
issues among ourselves," explain-ed
Don Postema, "a group of us
realized our need for mutual sup-port
and understanding if we were
to continue to grow as world
Christians. There are just too
many areas of importance for us
to approach alone."
Soon after, Postema, assistant
professor of philosophy, and his
wife, Joy, held an informal meet-ing
in their home, allowing those
interested to gather and express
questions and concerns. Three
weeks later, the group of 59 met
he ran back into the store, opened
his coat and threw the film all
over. He was caught and pro-secuted.
He wanted to settle out
of court so that he could keep his
cont. on page 3
April 20, 1979
again, spearheading life-style and
practical suggestions for simple
living.
The group emphasizes open-ness.
"We want to give individuals
the opportuniy to do their own
thing together," Postema said.
"Action needs organization or
else it quickly dwindles."
The Christian Discipleship Coa-lition
plans to develop smaller cell
groups to explore specific interests
such as the Nestle boycott, an al-ternative
to the all-school ban-quet,
current literature and films,
and an awareness of Bethel's
stock holdings.
The CDC meets again on April
22 and invites anyone to attend.
Check the Bethel Bulletin for time
and place.
on the inside...
Finlay feature, p. 5
Rausch in Israel, p. 4
new campus coordinators, p. 3
new theatre instructor, p. 6
Thieves apprehended, Bethelites blow reputation
Bethelites face social responsibility
Opinion
More positive thought,
building up needed
Former participant misses plunge
Dear editor,
News of a cancelled polar bear
swim takes quite a while to reach
Alton, Ill., but I couldn't bear
even at this late date to let it slip
by.
It was a cold January night in
1975 at a typical Sno-Daze corn-mittee
meeting discussing ice
Bethel and buildings have become synonymous lately. Every new ad-dition
whether it be dorms or offices marks the growth of the college.
However, as plans are being drawn up for even more additions next
year, we as a community should also make plans for building each other
up. Otherwise, Bethel will be "buildings," instead of "people."
The concept of building up one another (edification) is a recurrent
theme in the epistles. The idea stems from the analogy that we are mem-bers
of the body of Christ, working together to glorify God.
First of all, the task of building up one another requires practical love
— not the unrealistic, ephemeral "luv" but the self-denying, compas-sionate
love that comes only from God.
It requires a strong commitment and a creative vision, the ability to
see beyond finals week or graduation.
If we are to build up each other, we also need to be sensitive to each
other's needs. Patience, and humility are a must. There should be no
room for apathy or prejudice.
We should also refrain from making harsh and hasty judgments on
others. Not all criticisms are constructive or even necessary.
Since most of us are here for such a short time, we should make the
most of our times together. We are here to prepare for the future and to
strengthen each other for the battle with the "world."
In an academic and a basically Christian setting it is easy to become
cynical and hypercritical about each other. We can destroy the rare op-portunity
for close fellowship and support that this setting offers.
Therefore, as the apostle Paul said, "Let us then pursue what makes
for peace and for mutual upbuilding." (Rom. 14:19)
Though it is a very loosely united group, the new Christian
Discipleship Coalition represents an exciting attitude in the Bethel com-munity.
In response to a series of chapel speakers (Anthony Campolo, John
Perkins and others) and a realization of societal and world needs, this
group of students and faculty members is meeting to discuss how they
can take positive action.
We encourage more students and faculty members to join in finding
ways to actively demonstrate Christian values in a needy world.
Hopefully, in the next school year the CDC will continue in doing
more than just talk about our responsibilities.
Vol. 54 No. 19 April 20, 1979
The Clarion is published weekly by students of Bethel College. Letters to the editor should be
typed, signed and sent to PO 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
David Shelley, editor
Suzl Wells, news editor
Greg Smith, feature editor
Paul Olsen, copy editor
Thangi Chhangte, copy editor
Debbie Hunger, production editor
Phoebe Morgan, production editor
Joy Banta, editorial assistant
Patti Backlund, business manager
Steve Erickson, sports editor
Carol Madison, sports editor
Betty Logan, arts editor
Shelly Nielson, columnist
Rick Chapman columnist
Juan Ramos, cartoonist
Doug Bakst', ph ph
Dear editor,
I have just recently become
aware of the problem created by
improper use of infant formula in
the third world countries.
After attending a debate be-tween
a representative from the
Infant formula Action Coalition
(INFACT), I realized the serious-ness
of this problem.
As a Christian concerned about
the needs of those who are suffer-ing
from "bottle baby diseases"
—diarrhea, malnutrition and even
death—I would like to challenge
the Bethel community to become
Professing the simple truth:
missionary confronts Campolo-kid
by Shelly Nielsen hunger again. Take this, my little
sparrow. Catch it if you can.
"Hush! Hush, child. God loves "And we'll sing—a tune little
you! Wrap yourself in the warmth Sunday schoolers in a big place
of that knowledge and fall asleep. far, far from here sing with all the
Dream of sugar-coated kindness power in their sturdy lungs:
and plump salvation. Nothing to Jesus loves me,
fear: here is some redemption. This I know,
"Here. Clutch it in your thin, For the Bible tells me so...
brown fingers. Grasp it now, for We'll pretend we are in a brick
should you close those deep- church where Christians sing
socketed eyes, count to three and songs. Do you hear?
pop them open, I may be gone. I
"If you lived in a country that
may vanish with my shimmering, built churches, you could sing
airy banner tickling the air, them too. And when you looked
billowing transparently behind dark-eyed tired like this, you
me. could curl into a soft, wool-blend
"Take. Eat. This is broken for bundle and sleep smilingly on the
you. If you crave the fruits of the floor.
Spirit, you must take my gift. "Here—a Bible of your own;
Take it and you will never thirst or and you will read that Jesus loves
cream flavors when suddenly my
mind went bonkers and out of my
mouth came the idea of a midwin-ter
Lake Valentine plunge. Jeff
Larson seconded the idea and the
rest is history.
On Feb. 22, 1975, at 9:32 a.m.,
five of us braved the elements and
went for a swim.
So you can see why it was with a
tear in my eye that I read the polar
bear eulogy. As a soon-to-be den-tist,
I offer my professional opi-nion
that polar bear swimming is
safer than eating daily in the
Bethel cafeteria. And I challenge
any "legal source" to come up
with medically substantiated evi-dence
to the contrary.
Sincerely,
Dave Mortensen ('76)
you. This is all you need to know.
"Later we will talk about bap-tism
and predestination. These are
important. But they will keep until
you are strong enough to digest
them. You are still a suckling
babe, unready for the meat of the
Word. Take the milk.
"Take. Once you reach out
those spindly, angular arms for
this divine present—packaged for
you by mortal men—you will
never be concerned with the
worldly desires that trouble you
now.
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus...
And the things of the earth will
grow strangely dim.
"Reach, stretch, now. Before
it's too late."
'Bottle diseases' plague third world,
Discipleship is good students must protest via fast, boycott
better informed on this issue.
Please read the material that
will be coming out in the PO's and
next week's Clarion and then
seriously consider how to res-pond.
The Public Action Committee
will be holding a fast from noon
Tues., April 24 to noon on Wed.,
April 25 to raise support for the
Nestle's boycott. My hopes are
that individuals from our com-munity
will participate in the fast
and Nestle's boycott.
Sincerly,
Julia Wright
(Public Action Committee)
Page tw•
Larson, Schimdt propose singspirations, shabangs
by Tern Sue Hanson
Mary Beth Larson and Bob
Schmidt are the campus coordina-tors
for next year. Mary Beth said,
"I wanted to apply and I was
looking for someone to apply
with. Some kids recommended
Bob. I knew who he was, but I
didn't really know him."
Bob continued the story, "she
skated up to me one night at a
Bethel rollerskating activity and
asked me if I wanted to apply to
be a campus coordinator next
year. I said no."
But Mary Beth persuaded Bob
to apply. Bob commented, "I was
planning to transfer next year. But
the Lord just worked everything
out so smoothly, that I really feel
that this is his will."
Mary Beth and Bob spent be-tween
20 and 25 hours writing out
the application. Mary Beth ex-plained,
"The application asked
for motives, background, any
changes we would make in the set-up,
and it included all the activi-ties
we would plan if chosen."
Mary Beth and Bob were cho-sen.
Actually, they were the only
ones to complete the full ap-plication
process.
Mary Beth said, "There were
about four of us at first, but the
by Ronn Kreps
"I love it. It's super."
Nancy Dornfeld's comment was
typical last week as women talked
about their recent move into the
new Bodien dorm.
On Saturday, April 7, 169
women from Old Campus packed
up their worldly possessions and
completed the long awaited move
to new campus. After many de-lays,
the women finally moved in-to
the "promised land" about six
months later than originally plan-ned.
Marilyn Starr, director of hous-ing,
was pleased with the results of
the move. "The situation was
really touch-and-go before spring
break, and during break I was
really discouraged," confessed
Starr. But she has heard "only
good reports from the girls" who
moved, so she is happy that the
move was completed in spite of
the late date.
Starr explained that in early
February she and Mack Nettleton,
director of student affairs, held a
meeting with the Old Campus resi-dents.
At that meeting it was de-cided
that a majority vote would
determine the final decision re-garding
the move.
On Monday, March 26, a ballot
was distributed. Starr heard the
results Tuesday morning: 62-60 in
favor of moving. "Then we didn't
know exactly what to do," she ad-mitted.
They decided to have another
meeting that night, at which time
more people voted. The final
count was still close, but it was
agreed upon to abide by the deci-other
three teams dropped out,
one just a few days before the de-cision."
Mary Beth and Bob said the
campus coordinators should be re-sponsible
to serve the students.
"They must try to please the stu-dents
as much as possible, and at
the same time stimulate them to-ward
new interests," _Mary Beth
said.
"But, most important," she ad-ded,
"the campus coordinators
are responsible for representing
Biblical standards and the stand-ards
that Bethel has set up. This
means choosing activities which
are pleasing to the Lord."
What kind of activities can
Bethel community expect next
year? "After many hours of con-centrating,
brainstorming, and
praying, we have set up a tentative
schedule of events which include
at least one evening every weekend
throughout the year, along with a
few activities planned during the
week," Bob said.
"Such things as Homecoming,
Nik-Dag, rollerskating, Guthrie
performances, Sno Daze, Moods,
Spring Formal and all-School
Banquet are events that student-slook
forward to attending," he
added. "Therefore, we feel they
should be planned again;
sion made in February and let the
majority choose.
George Beyer, a Bethel student,
organized the people and trans-portation
needed, and by 8:30 Sat-urday
morning things were ready
to go. The actual move went
"very well" according to Bruce
Kunkel, director of student resi-dence.
"I was amazed at how in-volved
people got," Kunkel said.
"Cooperation was great."
Sophomore Lisa Swanson was
also very positive about the move.
When asked about the hassle of
packing, loading up, etc., she re-plied,
"It only took me a few
hours. The guys really helped us
out, and it was well worth it."
Nancy Dornfeld said, "Even
some girls who didn't want to
move are glad they did now that
it's over."
Larry Meegan, resident director
at Old Campus' Edgren, express-ed
an alternative opinion: "The
(female-to-male) odds were 10-1
here, now they are only 3-1," he
said somewhat dejectedly. In an
attempt at optimism, he added,
"It is quieter here now, though."
however, we have tried to come up
with new ideas for these events
that will add some variety and new
enthusiasm."
Some of the new ideas include a
singspiration every two or three
weeks on a Sunday evening, a PO
decorating contest around Christ-mas
time, a "Keep Christ in
Christmas" dessert including a
special speaker, a girl-ask-guy pic-
There has been a slight change
in plans for this year's Tom Saw-yer
Turn-About; but don't worry
—it's a change for the better! In-stead
of Friday night, we'll be
boarding the Josiah Snelling Ri-verboat
at 2 p.m., Sat., April 28.
Bring a picnic to Harriet Island
for lunch before the boat ride and
then we'll spend the afternoon
cruising down the Mississippi! It
Thieves, cont. from page 1
church. Tom said he was just
as shocked to hear about the time
they caught a nun shoplifting.
Tom most frequently appre-hends
people between 13 - and
21-years old. Many of these peo-ple
are college students from area
schools like Hamline, Macalester
nic indoors during Sno-Daze, and
a Shamrock Shabang—including
a "green" type of carnival.
Some possibilities for concerts
include such artists as Billy Pres-ton,
Phil Keaggy, Honeytree,
Chuck Girard, Love Song, Jere-miah
People, Barry McGuire plus
others.
"We plan to get started right
away on arranging concert artists
should be a really "fun" after-noon
listening to a live Dixie
band, sightseeing, and just enjoy-ing
the fresh air and sunshine out
on the river.
Girls - you can buy tickets for
only $8 per couple starting Mon.
April 23. We have a limited num-ber,
so get them right away!
Rumors have been spreading
that there is no all-school ban-quet.
Well, that's just what they
and Bethel.
The most commonly stolen
items are cosmetics, perfumes,
cassette tapes, radios and film.
The college-age bracket at times
seem to be worse than other
shoplifters in numbers found
stealing.
When asked if the number of
people caught shoplifting from
Bethel was less than other local
colleges, Tom said, "No, there are
probably more since it's closer."
closer."
Since September there have
been several Bethel students
caught shoplifting. Tom said
it is very disappointing for him to
pick up a Bethel student but a
"shoplifter is a shoplifter." For a
couple of months so many Bethel
students were being caught that it
and movies and then we will start
working on organizing the activi-ties
planned in chronological
order," Mary Beth said.
"Most important, we will keep
a positive attitude about our plans
and work our hardest to have the
activities carried out suc-cessfully!"
she added. "With the
Lord 's help and the prayer sup-port
of our friends, we know we
will have a successful year!"
are—RUMORS. The all-school
banquet has been changed,
however, to Friday, May 11 in-stead
of Saturday, May 12.
This was done so we could have
it at the Radisson South rather
than downtown Minneapolis. But
it is rescheduled, so no need for
alarm.
became a joke at the store that if
they "had a Bethel shirt on, watch
'em!"
Bethel students do not leave a
very good impression on store
employees. For example, one per-son
after being caught said to
everyone, "God will forgive me if
I pray to Him." Another person
after emptying his coat of stolen
goods said, "I'm not a rip-off,
I'm a Christian!"
"When people at work hear
that Bethel students are 'straight
as an arrow' they know it's not
true," added Tom. "These
students are at different levels of
Christian growth and some of
them are not Christians at all."
Most items stolen by college
students could be labeled as non-essentials
or pleasure items.
Glad welcome received
by new dorm women
BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH
720 13th Ave. S. 338-7653
Minneapolis, MN 55415
S. Bruce Fleming. Minister of Preaching
C.J. Sahlin, Minister of Pastoral Care
SERVICES
Sunday School, 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 A.M.
Evening Service, 6:00 P.M.
Bus Transportation provided
Watch for anaouncements on Bulletin Board
Spring dates rescheduled
Mary Beth Larson and Bob Schmidt will be next year's Campus Coordinators.
Coordination conversation
page three
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David Rausch has several writing projects ahead of him after
visiting Israel during spring break.
Mullen studies European history,
reaps $4000, teaching assistantship
Hebrew Christians share with Rausch
by Betty Logan
Dr. David Rausch, assistant
professor of geography and his-tory,
has had a great interest in
evangelical-Jewish relations for
several years, and over spring
break he had a unique opportuni-ty
to further his study.
C. Douglas Young, the founder
of the Institute of Holy Land
Studies, invited Rausch to Israel
to help plan materials to be used
in a new organization called
Bridges for Peace. Bridges for
Peace will be a group "aiming at
Jewish-Christian relationships on
a grassroots level," said Rausch.
The plan Young sees for the
organization is for two people, a
Jew and a Christian, to get
together, and get to know one
another. Rausch will be writing
material to help facilitate this type
of interaction and understanding.
For several years, Rausch, who
has done extensive study on
Jewish-Christian relations during
the past century, has been writing
on fundamentalists and their rela-tionship
to the Jews. He has had
over 20 articles published in
by Richard Alvarez
Being accepted in SMP involves
more. time than one might think.
The Student Missionary Program,
which allows students to become
summer missionaries in order to
learn first-hand about missions,
first requires a potential SMPer to
undergo the application process.
This involves two steps; first, an
application must be filled out, and
second, the applicant must be in-terviewed.
After the interview, the com-mittee
evaluates each applicant
and accepts most into the pro-gram.
Then, based upon personal
interests and goals, the new
SMPer selects his place of service.
An SMP file lists places that have
expressed interest in having stu-dents
work at their mission for a
summer.
"We help the student select an
area for service, but the final deci-sions
rests with the individual,"
said Cindy Martin, president of
SMP. "We are open to other
areas (other than those in the SMP
file), but the new SMPer has the
responsibility of making the deci-sion.
Once the student is accepted in-to
an area of service, the SMPer
continues to make final prepara-tions
for their summer exper-iences.
This includes orientation
sessions, "culture shock" classes
(where students are exposed to,
and learn how to, cope with their
new environment), and personal
preparation (through prayer and
Bible study).
Once these stages are finished,
the SMPer is then ready to go out
on his mission.
Upon returning to Bethel the
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Jewish journals such as
"American Zionist" and "Jewish
Social Studies."
Some of his articles have
filtered to Israel, where Young
became familiar with Rausch and
his work. When planning his
Bridges for Peace organization,
Young felt Rausch could be a
helpful advisor due to his under-standing
of Jewish-Christian rela-tions.
Rausch was particularly happy
to cooperate with Young
because,in the book he is currently
writing on Jewish-evangelical rela-tions
from 1918 to the present,
Young is one of the leading
characters.
"Young is well respected in
both the Christian • and Jewish
communities," said Rausch.
"I believe that Christian-Jew
relationships have been strained
because Christians do not under-stand
how Jews feel," said
Rausch. "They don't understand
how the cross throughout history
has meant persecution to the
Jews."
One example Rausch cites is the
Crusaders, who wore crosses, and
following fall, all project members
work the following year in sup-porting
the project and partici-pating
in all activities planned for
that year (for example, sharing in
chapel, working with concerts and
other special events, and working
on four main committees: orienta-tion,
application-enlistment, pro-motion,
fundraising).
Cindy found that people need
to become more informed about
SMP finances.
"Each SMPer has to raise his
support for the summer," she
said. "SMP generally contributes
only 30 per cent of the student's
total financial needs during the
summer, and the additional sup-port
comes from what the student
can obtain on his own efforts.
"These other means of support
can be parents, church, friends,
and relatives, and it becomes,
therefore, a real experience for the
SMPer for they must feel the frus-tration
and finally resultant praise
to God when all the finances can
be accounted for. It is part of the
missionary experience," said Cin-dy.
To help with the financing of
would herd Jews into their syna-gogues
and then burn them alive
while singing hymns. It is this bar-rier
that both Rausch and Young
are trying to overcome.
One of the highlights of
Rausch's trip was being able to
meet with Hebrew Christians.
There are about a dozen of these
congregations in Israel.
One problem the Hebrew Chris-tians
are currently facing, and one
that Rausch is concerned about, is
the practice some Christians have
made of pretending to convert to
Judaism to gain citizenship in
Israel, and then proceeding with
mission activity.
The Jewish believers are upset
with the unethical quality of this
practice, and are afraid of what it
will do to their testimonies and
future legal attitudes to Christians
in Israel.
This practice has grown out of
the Israeli situation where no new
mission organizations are allowed
into Israel, but Jews are granted
immediate citizenship.
"A current example," said
Rausch, "is James M. Hutchens
and his family who converted to
the project, SMP sponsored a
concert by High Priest and the
Pharisees.
Another means of support
comes from the newly-formed
Associates program.
In the program, students can
contribute toward the finances of
SMPers. After a donation is made
the supporter will receive SMP
newsletters during the summer.
Bethel students have the oppor-tunity
in this way to become more
intimate with the workings of
SMP during the summer.
Of those who are going out this
summer, these SMPer's are plan-ning
the following places for
ministry: Ronn Kreps, Zaire,
Africa; Janice Clark, Bolivia;
Connie McCleary, Brazil; Keren
Allen, Alaska; Shari Goddard,
Japan; Lorie Vincent, Val Pasma
and Jenny Hoehl, all in Japan
with the singing group "Procla-mation";
Mark Rentz, Japan;
Ken Dahlgren, Brazil; Teresa
Rash, Cameroon, Africa; Cathy
Tucker, Voice of Calvary Mini-stries,
Jackson, MissisSippi; and
Carla Engel, Japan.
Judaism in order to evangelize in
Israel." These people justify their
actions by claiming they are be-coming
Jews to the Jews for the
Gospel's sake.
"When the Israeli government
cracks down on such 'illegitimate
missions,' the self-proclaimed
`martyrs for Christ's sake' obtain
more money and fame lecturing
on Israeli 'injustice,' " said
Rausch. One such case is already
at the Israeli Supreme Court.
The U of M has awarded Shir-ley
Mullen, residence director, a
$4,000 fellowship and a three-year
teaching assistantship. The funds
will go towards her doctoral stud-ies
in Western European history.
For the past two years Mullen
has been residence director.
She is also teaching two World
Civilization classes normally
taught by "Doc" Dalton and Bill
Carlson who are both on sabbati-cal
leave.
"This is my first year teaching
and I am learning many new
things," Shirley commented. She
added that she enjoys teaching
and that she would be interested in
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Burdened by this problem that
faces the Hebrew Christians,
Rausch has already written an ar-ticle
to evangelicals explaining the
situation, in hopes of discoura-ging
future activities of this sort.
Rausch will continue to write
material for the Bridges for Peace
organization and encourage evan-gelicals
to drop their stereotypes
of Jewish people and come to bet-ter
understand them. He will also
be writing a book on Young's
Christian Zionism
-t e—a ching in a Christian liberal arts
college after she completes her
studies.
As an undergraduate, Shirley
majored in history at Houghton
College, New York. She received
her M.A. from the University of
Toronto.
Though already fluent in
French, Shirley said she will have
to learn German. She will also
have to travel to Europe to com-plete
her research.
Shirley is originally from New
Brunswick, Canada where • her
father was a pastor. Her father
now teaches at Houghton.
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Finlays stress servanthood
by Kathy Sears
Many students only think of
Dr. Paul Finlay, the registrar, as
the one they must see about credit
and transcript problems.
However, there is much more to
the position and the man who
holds that position than most stu-dents
realize.
Before coming to Bethel in
1958, Dr. Finlay attended several
schools and was a flight instructor
in the Army Air Corps at Rakin
Field, Calif.
While pursuing his studies, he
met his wife-to-be, Faith. For two
years they worked in a private
boys' home in New Hampshire for
adolescents aged 9-15, which
Finlay said, was "a most en-joyable
experience." One of those
boys, Robert Frykholm, no_w has
a daughter at Bethel.
When he first came to Bethel,
Finlay taught Christian Education
and used his pilot's license to
whisk President Lundquist and
others to speaking engagements.
Although he has let his license
lapse, he would enjoy flying
again.
In 1962, he became the school's
first full-time registrar and direc-tor
of admissions. The student
body has tripled in size since then,
and he now holds only the regis-trar's
job, one which, he says, he
enjoys immensely.
Finlay views the complex task
of matching classes and rooms as
"an intriguing jigsaw puzzle."
But he particularly likes the per-sonal
contact with students.
Servanthood is an important
focus of the Finlays' life. "All of
our married life, we've tried to
think in terms of servanthood,
contributing to the well-being of
others," he said. "Meeting the
other's needs in marriage is what
it's all about."
"Someone recently asked my
wife and me," Finlay continued,
" 'if you could be any age, which
would you be?' We both said we'd
want to enjoy the age we are now,
for we enjoy life so much now.
When he spoke of retiring in a
couple of years, Finlay com
mented, "We're not dreading
retirement, we're looking forward
to it immensely. The past 10 to 12
years have been very exciting
because we have come to see that
everything we have belongs to the
Lord and should be used for Him
somehow."
Among the many plans and
possibilities in retirement is buying
a home in Rochester, Minn. They
would like a home with two or
three extra bedrooms to provide
free room and board to relatives
of Mayo Clinic patients. The
Finlays see this as a way they
could serve God and help others at
the same time.
by Thangi Chhangte
,I always seem to be trying to
find time for studying. So one
day, I decided to analyze the way
I spent my time. I made the
following observations.
2:00 -Done with classes
for the day. "I think
I deserve a break.
I'll get my books
from my locker and
check . my P.O."
2:15 -Head for the
library. "If I don't
see anyone who
wants to go to the
coffee shop, I sup-pose
I'll study. Here
comes someone I
know."
2:30 -Talking in the cof-fee
shop. "I have so
much work. I think
I'll take off pretty
soon."
3:00 -Still in the coffee
shop. "I think I'll
leave now."
3:30
Left coffee shop,
head for the library.
"I left my books
down by the coffee
shoo. 1 hop I find a
place to study."
4:00 -"I think I'll have
supper at 4:30, catch
the good food. This
is the most boring
book I've read for
yearzzzzzzzzz."
8:00 -Break time.
"Mmmm they have
my favorite ice-cream
tonight! I'll
have a dish of
maple-nut, forget
about the calories."
8:30 -return to library. "i
think I'll go home at
9:30."
9:30 -"I think I'll go
home at 11 instead.
The library is quieter
and emptier. Only
studious kids like me
are left."
4:30 -"Wow! I must have
slept. (I hope I
didn't snore). Time
for supper.
5:00 -"That wasn't a very
good meal - mashed
potatoes. cake and
coffee, and it cost
me 90 cents! I'll
check my P.O.
again. I really feel
like studying
tonight."
6:00 -Return to library.
"Haven't studied
much yet. I think I'll
take a break at
eight. I have so
much work. Will I
ever get everything
done?"
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Jeff Miller, former Bethel student, will join the Bethel faculty as
a full-time theatre arts instructor next fall.
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Stars of "The Three Sisters" rehearse for Doug Briggs'
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by Joy Nannette Banta quarter. directing one show in the fall, and of his ideas for the interim period.
teach Creative Dramatics for
Jeff Miller, a 1977 Bethel grad-uate,
has been accepted as a full-time
instructor in the theatre arts
department. Miller has been
teaching part-time at Bethel while
attending the University of Min-nesota,
where he will graduate
with his master's degree this
The bloodmobile will be back at
Bethel from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. next
Friday, April 27.
The Red Cross comes semi-annually
to Bethel and relies
heavily on the support that Bethel
gives, according to Carolyn
Olson, who is the co-chairman
(along with Sue Smith) of the
blood drive.
"We need at least 300 donors,"
said Olson. "We really encourage
people to give. The Red Cross
counts on us."
In the past, Bethel has been one
of the major contributors corn-pared
to other colleges in the Twin
Cities. Carolyn hopes to maintain
Miller had taught Beginning
Acting and Creative Dramatics
for Children during his part-time
work, as well as directing this
year's performance of "The Fan-tasticks"
and last year's
"Moods."
Next year he will be teaching
two Beginning Acting classes and
our good record.
"We need more people to sign
up," she said. "We're running a
little bit behind."
Students may sign up with their
RAs or down by the POs after
chapel every day next week. If
they cannot donate blood, they
may sign up to help work.
The other Bethel workers in the
blood drive include Lori Swanson
and Sue Pitman on donor recruit-_
ment; Carol Dischinger and
Lynne Schroeder are recruiting
workers, Steve Penner is in charge
of set-up and Janet Meyers is in
charge of medical workers.
children, Theatre History 1900 to
present, and direct another show
in the spring. He will also be
teaching a class during Interim but
what that will be remains unde-termined.
He would really like to work
with musical theatre. That is one
Bethel drama,
Three Sisters,
premiers soon
"The Three Sisters," directed
by Doug Briggs, will be presented
in the Bethel theatre next week,
April 26 through 28, and May 1
through 5 at 8 p.m.
Amy Osbron, Ginny Heuer and
Mary Wilson head the cast of 15
as the three provincial Russian
sisters who dream of a fulfilling,
joyous life while caught in mean-ingless
stagnation.
The production is directed by
Douglas Briggs, chairman of the
theatre arts department, with sets
and costumes by Richard Rees,
faculty designer.
Tickets are $2.00 and $2.50 and
may be reserved by calling
641-6247 weekday afternoons.
The box office is also open 1-4
p.m. for ticket reservation and
pick-up.
CHAPEL SCHEDULE
Monday, Kefa Sempangi,
Ugandan Pastor
Tuesday, Kefa Sempangi
Wednesday, Pastor Jim
Spickelmier
Thursday, Lynn Fauth
Friday, Music groups, A.0
lounge
"I'd like to have a musical theatre
workshop that would be open to
any person who would enjoy it. I
wouldn't want only theatre people
to be allowed into the class," said
Miller.
When asked how he felt about
the coming year he said, "I'm
really excited. The caliber of pro-duction
in the department is in-creasing
and the commitment
from students and faculty is really
good. It is fun to be a part of
something growing."
The one thing Miller would
really like to see begin to happen
next year is for theatre arts to
receive the kind of attention it de-serves
as an art form.
"The Bethel community has to
become'aware of what is happen-ing
in theatre arts. They need to
take notice of the quality Chris-tian
drama that is being produced
both here and elsewhere," said
Miller. "We really need the com-munity's
support, because the
department is growing," he add-ed.
Miller and his wife of eight
months are residing in Min-neapolis.
"Right behind
`Rudoloph's'—we get a lot of
visitors!" Miller said.
by Patti Backlund
Pastor Jim Spickelmier recently
spent ,two weeks, March 4 - 20, at
Adolph Hitler's former mountain
retreat in Berchtesgaden, in the
Bavarian Alps of Southern Ger-many.
The site is now an army
recreation area and religious re-treat
center.
Spickelmier was retreat master
for the annual spring retreat of
protestant U.S. Army chaplains
stationed in Europe.
One hundred chaplains attend-ed
each of the two week-long re-treats.
cluding response time, and eve-ning
worship services. He led a
series of lectures on adult develop-ment
and the Christian devotional
life.
He focused on various changes
in the adult life, sharing some of
the insights of developmental psy-chology.
Spickelmier stayed in the room
where the Prime Minister of Eng-land,
Neville Chamberlain, stayed
when he came to the famous "Ap-peasement
Conference," prior to
World War II.
"I came home rested and relax-
Spickelmier was responsible for ed," Pastor Spickelmier corn-a
series of morning lectures, in- mented.
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Twin Cities Events
Music
April 21
April 22
April 22
April 22
April 23
April 27
April 28
Theatre
"Sacred Service" (Avodath Hakodesh), St.
Paul Civic Symphony
"Africanisms in Jazz," Martin Luther King
Center
After Church Concert (Jerry Esno's
Original Country Gospel Blues Band,
Michael Monroe, Nancy Santiago,
Ephraim), Richfield High School
Auditorium
Minnesota Chorale and Chamber Chorale
(Brahms, Debussy, Haydn), House of Hope
Church
Montes and Nebuli (computer-assisted
jazz), Walker Church
Margi Adam, Claudia Schmidt, World
Theatre, St. Paul
Leo Brouwer (guitarist), Janet Wallace Fine
Arts Center
April 20 "That's How the Rent Gets Paid," Jeff
Weiss, Walker Art Center
April 20-22, 26-29 "To Kill a Mockingbird," Chimera
April 20-22, 27-29 "Another Part of the Forest," Theatre in
the Round
April 20-29 "Two for the Seesaw," Actors Theatre of
St. Paul
April 20-22, 26-29 "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," University
Theatre, Stoll Thurst Theatre, Rarig Center
April 20-22, 26-29 "Celebration," Minnesota Theatre Institute
of the Deaf, Walker Community Church
Jeff Wilson bears down in Bethel's spacious Bremer stadium.
Senate action
Controversial bills bombard senate
An active student senate passed
one bill Tuesday night and several
more were introduced, some of
them quite controversial.
"If the number and quality of
the bills introduced so far is any
indication of the competence of
the senate," said junior senator-at-
large Dennis Johnson, "we've
got a bright future."
Johnson authored the first bill
to go throughd the new senate
which authorized the purchase of
a Twin City map, at a cost of
$169. The new map replaces one
stolen from the corridor near the
skyway in the Fine Arts building.
To be discussed and voted upon
next Tuesday is a bill requiring
KABY to play records by Chris-tian
artists only, and another
which would open the new student
recreation room during chapel.
Less controversial legislation to
be voted upon next week includes
a bill to improve the student ID.
The card will include more student
information so local stores and
businesses can accept it as official
identification.
The senate will also consider
two recommendation-type bills.
One says the senate supports a
well-known Nestle boycott and
the other recommends an increase
in the support of a Christian ser-vice
organization. The Nestle bill
asks that the food service and ven-ding
machine operators cooperate
with the boycott of Nestle pro-ducts.
The Christian service bill asks
Dean Brushaber to increase full-time
staff to one, and to purchase
vehicles for transportation. The
author of the bill, Cheryl Thomas,
apparently feels that Bethel's
commitment to the area of Chris-tian
service to the community is
lacking.
In action last week, Phil
Thompson defeated Dennis
Johnson in the race for president
pro tem, 6-7 with one abstention.
Johnson, however, was not bitter,
saying, "Phil will do a great job."
The senate will meet on Tues-day
in the AC lounge at 6 p.m.
and the session will be open, as
usual.
by John van Anonymous
To say that it was cold outside
would be a greater understatement
than saying that axe-murders were
unpleasant at close quarters. Paul
was huddled in front of the T V ,
icicles beginning to form on his
nose.
The North Stars were taking a
horrendous shelacking, and I
could tell by the way he was eating
his pop can that he was perturbed.
I left the room before he got
violent.
I decided to take a thorough
look through the new dorm, until
the game was safely over. Walking
on carpet felt rather nice, especial-ly
after the naked floors of
Edgren. It was kind of a treat to
walk barefoot without sticking to
To the editor:
With the arrival of the warm
Spring weather in Minnesota,
comes the determination of many
Bethel students, especially
women, to shed themselves of the
pasty whiteness that has perme-ated
their epidermal layers during
the long months of Winter. In
layman's language this is known
as "getting a tan."
This pursuit is fine, and in some
cases even noble, but it poses a
serious threat to the health of the
male population of Bethel
Seminary.
This is due to the dangerous sit-uations
that occur when in our
haste to arrive at school, we must
also speed by the college lawns
This cross on the southwest
Luckman's three-dimensional
Easter.
the tiles.
Wandering downstairs, I en-countered
hoards of people mill-ing
around a small table cursing
under their breath and glaring
darkly at each other. Occasionally
two of them would come to blows,
while the rest of the group shuffl-ed
their cards around.
It seemed to be a group ex-perience
in creative hatred and
anguish. "Rook," they responded
when I asked them what it was.
It seemed like a good time to go
back to the room and see how
much damage Paul had done.
Apparently he had reached the
comatose' stage when you could
communicate to him as long as
you didn't say any of the key
words which would set him off.
while at the same time attempting
to observe what new extremes in
bathing attire are reached in pur-suit
of darker skin.
It is only by the grace of God
that one of us has not thus far run
off the road, or met a similarily
distracted commuter in a head-on
collision.
So please, Bethel women, we
implore you, for the sake of our
very lives, please try and get your
tans at night, when you won't be
so easily observed by your
brothers on the other side of the
hill.
With Respect,
John W. Mann, Chairman
Seminarians Concerned About
Driving Safety (SCADS)
lawn was created by Stuart
design class to commemorate
"Refereeing" or "goaltending"
were especially to be avoided. I
decided to stick to a neutral sub-ject.
Just then the door burst open.
In bound a skinny guy with glasses
and a wild expression on his face.
He was dressed in a clown outfit.
The clown whipped out a huge
black notebook, wrote feverishly,
and then bounded out of the door
again, all the while bellowing out,
"Reactions, research, role-playing,
and reasons! Truth for
the learned, but all in good
season!!!"
I stared at Paul, "Who in the
world was that?"
"Brad, your other roommate."
"But, but..."
"He's a psych major."
"Oh..."
"Last week he dressed up as
Carl Lundquist and ran around
the girl's townhouses yelling.
`Open dorms! It's Sunday in
Istanbul!' He likes to take down
reactions..."
"I see...well listen about my
piece for the Clarion. "
"Forget it. You just can't
write."
His words cut me to the quick. I
staggered to my desk overcome
with doubt. Could I write, or was
I just a hack? Maybe it would be
better to give up. Just throw in the
towel and take up basketweaving
or politics.
And then, out Qf the corner of
my eye I saw my Remington. It
looked at me reproachfully, and
wagged its ribbon. I put my
fingers to the keys slowly and then
with a revitalized surge I lashed in-to
my story.
Suzi would be so proud.
the Soapbox continued
Please Bethel lawn sun-soakers
don't cause sem brothers to crash
Bespectacled clown astounds friends
page seven
Attention Seniors:
Here's your chance to express those long held-back gripes,
thankfulnesses, praises or expressions in the Clarion. Our
final issue of the Clarion, May 11, will have a special sec-tion
reserved for seniors' parting shots. Get yours in to PO
2381 or to the Clarion office FA 425 by 6 p.m. Sunday,
May 6.
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Pitcher Vicki Wright, named defensive player in the first two
games of the season, also went two-for-two against Northwes-tern.
Royals topple NW, SPBC
by Carol Madison
The women's softball team is
undefeated after the first two
games of the season, beating Nor-thwestern
and St. Paul Bible Col-lege
in unspring-like weather.
After being down 5-1 in the top
of the fifth inning, Bethel scored
eight runs in the fifth to defeat
Northwestern 9-7. The Royals col-lected
eleven hits and made three
errors.
"The defense played well," said
Coach Karyl Frye. "Our goal is to
keep our errors down to two or
less per game, so I was pleased
with our first game."
Six people had perfect fielding
percentages, and winning pitcher
Vicki Wright was named defensive
player of the game. She had nine
assists and putouts without an er-ror
and worked herself out of two
tough innings with important de-fensive
plays.
Cindi Ramm was outstanding
offensive player of the game, go-ing
three-for-four with two
doubles and four RBI's. Vicki
Wright was two-for-two and Tam-my
Miller went two-for-four.
The Royals then defeated St.
Paul Bible 11-5 on six hits and
nine SPB errors. Bethel had only
one error.
Wright was again named out-standing
defensive player, pitch-ing
a one-hitter and striking out 12
batters. She had 17 putouts and
assists, while seven other team-members
played perfect defense.
Tammy Miller, named offen-sive
player, had three RBI's on a
sacrifice bunt and a double. Julie
Stake also had three RBI's.
"It was a tough game because
of the cold and windy day," said
Coach Frye. "They had a slow
pitcher, so I wasn't pleased with
our hitting. I would like our hit-ting
to be consistent, regardless of
the type of pitcher."
Lorri Brace showed hustle by
stealing three bases while playing
only four innings.
by Steve Erickson
Weak-hitting first baseman
Todd Johnson slammed a three
run homer, powering the Royal
batsmen to a 5-2 victory over St.
Mary's in their initial game of the
season.
The second-inning blast was all
Bethel needed to top the visiting
Redmen. Greg Thom and Tom
Weko started the inning with
singles and went to third on a
passed ball. Greg Smith then
walked. Mark Barton, the next
batter, sent a screaming line drive,
caught by the first baseman who
promptly doubled Smith off first.
Johnson, the ninth batter in the
lineup, worked the count to 2 and
2 and choked up ont he bat in
order to have more bat control.
He punched the next pitch to the,
opposite field and over the right
field fence.
St. Mary's scored single runs in
the middle innings. The other
Bethel runs were knocked in by
Paul Lindberg, who doubled in
"We are an extremely fast
-team," said Frye, "so I hope our
stolen bases will increase as we
work on our base running."
The Royals play Gustavus and
Concordia St. Paul tomorrow in
away games at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Their next home games are April
24 with Dr. Martin Luther and
Macalester Colleges at 2:30 p.m.
and 4:30 p.m.
the fifth, and Dan Fauth, who
tripled in the sixth.
Since it was a bitter-cold day,
the umpires wanted to postpone
the second game of the double-header
but were convinced by the
coaches to stay.
But with the score tied 0-0 after
the regulation seven innings, the
umps walked out. So Bethel
stands 1-0-1.
Little action occurred in the se-cond
game. Bethel's Weko had
held the Redmen to three hits
while the St. Mary's pitcher only
allowed two hits.
The Royal's play in the field
was especially good for the first
time out.
At present, Bethel is the only
undefeated team in the conference
but most squads have played quite
a few more games.
Tomorrow Augsburg hosts the
Royals in a doubleheader. The
first game starts at noon.
Bethel downs St. Mary's 5-2,
Johnson homers to seal win
Thinclads take first in home invitational
Greg Stipe's first place finishes in the pole vault, long jump, and
javelin catapulted the men's track team to top position in the
Bethel Invitational. Other teams competing were Bemidji State,
UMD, Northwestern, and Superior. Stipe's 15' 3 1/2" smashed
the Royal pole vault record and qualified him for nationals.
by Carol Madison
The women's track team started
the outdoor season by finishing
first in the Bethel Co-ed Invita-tional
and then placing third
behind St. Cloud and the Univer-sity
of Minnesota-Duluth at the
St. Cloud Invitational.
Bethel scored 87 points to take
first place over Stout 64.5,
Carlton 44.5, and St. Thomas 40
in the first host meet of the
season.
"I was pleased with the meet,"
said Coach Shirley Dawson,
"because Stout beat us earlier in
the indoor season."
Sara Baker set a school record
and qualified for the regionals in
the discus with a throw of 133 feet
31/4 inches. Denise Egge and Tain
Anderson also qualified in the
1500-meters with times of 4:57.85
and 5:10.6, respectively.
Egge also placed first in the 800
meters in 2:24.9.
Deb Sension won the javelin
with a record throw of 86'2", and
also place first in the high jump at
4'8". Lynn Severson took first in
the 100-meters in 13.20, and Sen-sion
finished third in 13.6. Tina
Anderson finished second int he
400-meter hurdles.
The 400-meter relay team plac-ed
first in a record time of 52.39.
Sara Baker also won the shop put,
and JoAnn Griffin and Sension
placed second and third behind
her.
Coach Dawson was satisfied
witht he results of the St. Cloud
meet in which Bethel placed third
out of five teams.
"It was by far the best we've
ever scored against UMD and St.
Cloud. We placed in almost every
event, so I thought we did well
after three days of vacation," she
said.
The 800-meter medley relay
team of Sherri Lindquist, Shelli
Rauma, JoAnn Griffin and Lynn
Severson took first in a record
time of 1:52.87 which qualified
them for regionals.
The 1600-meter relay of Lind-quist,
Egge, Anderson and Rauma
finished second in 4:21.2, there
Robert Meyer, dean of the
School of Theology at Fuller
Theological Seminary, will be at
Bethel on Thurs., April 26.
There will be a sign-up sheet in
the campus ministries office for
students interested in a conference
with Dr. Meyer.
best time of the season.
Egge finished first in the
800-and 1500-meters with times of
2:21.1 and 4:52.2. Brenda Harris,
recovering from a knee injury,
turned in her personal best to take
fourth in the 800. She also placed
fourth in the 1500.
Shelli Rauma's first-place finish
in the 400-meter was in a record
time of 1:01.22. Sara Baker also
set a record with her second place
shot put of 35'9", and placed se-cond
the discuss at 117'7.5".
Lynn Severson set records in
both the 100- and 200-meters,
finishing fourth and fifth, respec-tively.
Wendy Norberg placed
third int he 3000-meters, and Ellie
Abbott was second in 10,000.
The next meet is tomorrow at
Gustavus at 11 a.m.
Meyer is a graduate of Stanford
University and holds B.D. and
Th. D. degrees from Fuller.
He has also written several
books, which include "Jesus and
the Twelve," and "Birth Control
and the Christian."
Fuller Seminary dean here,
will hold student conferences
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